CHAMPCAR/CART: Milwaukee: Conquest Racing preview

Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Taking Momentum to Milwaukee
Indianapolis, IN (May 31) -- To find success in the Champ Car World
Series, drivers and their teams must prepare for a wide variety of
race tracks, and after a highly ...

Mi-Jack Conquest Racing Taking Momentum to Milwaukee

Indianapolis, IN (May 31) -- To find success in the Champ Car World
Series, drivers and their teams must prepare for a wide variety of
race tracks, and after a highly successful road course race in round
two, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing is now ready for a completely different
challenge in round three of the 2005 Champ Car season for the Time
Warner Cable Road Runner 225 presented by US Bank at the historic
Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Mi-Jack Conquest Racing had a breakthrough event in Monterrey, Mexico,
as Nelson Philippe led his first laps in Champ Car competition, going on
to lead the most laps of the race before contact from another car took
him out of contention.

Philippe's teammate, series rookie Andrew Ranger, had his own strong
performance in Mexico as well, moving up from fourteenth at the start to
take second place, setting the record as the youngest driver to stand on
a Champ Car podium.

The Monterrey race showed that with the two youngest drivers in Champ
Car Series history, Mi-Jack Conquest Racing has a lot of potential to
deliver solid results, and with the strong race behind them, the team is
now looking forward to taking that momentum to Milwaukee's tricky Mile.

"We are very excited for this weekends race at the Milwaukee Mile,
especially after getting a great result in Monterrey," said team
co-owner Eric Bachelart. "Andrew is now leading in points for the
"rookie of the year" after his 2nd place finish, and Nelson lead the
most laps in Monterrey."

Bachelart, who took championships of his own as a driver before making
the move into team co-ownership, has worked hard to improve his team's
engineering infrastructure and technical program, and feels as though
the Monterrey race could be a sign of things to come.

"Our team is improving and the Monterrey event has given us some good
momentum, so hopefully we can have a strong showing at Milwaukee. We
were able to test there earlier this season, and while preparing for the
first oval race of the season is a challenge, we are optimistic that we
can have another good race weekend and that our results will show how
much effort is being made by the team and our drivers."

Philippe, who has raced at the Milwaukee track in Barber Dodge and Champ
Car competition, knows that oval racing can be difficult and is one of
the unique challenges of the Champ Car championship.

"It is one of the trickiest places we will race at this year and
definitely not my favorite," said Philippe. "Oval racing, though tough,
is part of the beauty and diversity of Champ Car. I think that our car
should be pretty good for the race and all I hope for is that it is in
one piece at the checkered flag. We will try to keep the momentum up
from Monterrey, the team is really hyped. While on the subject of ovals,
I want to wish Bruno a healthy and quick recovery from his accident."

Ranger, who took 'rookie of the year' honors in Toyota Atlantic last
season, also has experience on the track, and is hoping to put the
lessons learned racing and testing there to good use.

"I am looking forward to racing at Milwaukee," said Ranger. "We tested
there earlier this year though as always, race conditions are very
different from testing, and the race will be a great challenge. The
Milwaukee Mile is a short track and is constantly busy. I enjoy this
aspect of racing and will need to keep focused during the race. I
finished third last year in the Toyota Atlantic Series and I hope
to build on the success that Mi-Jack Conquest Racing and I had in
Monterrey."